Sunday, September 7, 2014
10 am–4:45 pm Free admission
Admission will be free to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston in honor of museum director Malcolm Rogers 20th anniversary. Details here.
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ADAM & ANDY is set in the fictional New England town of Woodfield, CT. You can learn more about this strip by visiting, adamandandy.com.
Earlier this week I wrote a quick post about a whisper campaign regarding who was moving into Hamersley’s restaurant after it closes next month. Those whispers were apparently credible. Today, Eater Boston published Rebecca Roth Gullo of The Gallows will open a new restaurant there in early January 2015.
According to the Eater article, Hamersley’s is seeking to transfer its license to an RRG, LLC with Seth Yaffe listed as the manager. RRG (most likley is Rebecca Roth Gullo) and Seth Yaffe is The Gallows’ GM. I’m very happy for Rebecca and her team. She has a great track record of opening successful businesses here in the South End.
No, you are not seeing double. I happened to have these two images sent to me over the past couple weeks and figured I’d combine them for double the viewing pleasure. Have a great day.
Tea@Sea is back again and this year it is bigger and better with a much larger boat to dance the night away in Portland, ME. Once aboard you can enjoy a wide variety of Hors D’Oeuvres or grab a drink and enjoy music by the hottest DJ’s around.
Something I really like but never expected from this blog is people proactively reaching out to tell me about new businesses opening and old businesses closing. I often refer to these tips as “whispers” because they are usually shared as such when I’m out and about.
I’m going out on a limb here and asking for more info
A whisper campaign seems to be in full swing with different people who don’t know each other whispering who is going into Hamersley’s space after it closes in October. The problem is the name mentioned over and over again doesn’t make sense.
So I’ve decided to ask those of you who have been whispering (you know who you are) if you would email me with more information. What did you see? Who told you? Give me something in writing.
Despite the fact that this is a short work week, I can’t help but get excited by the fact that tomorrow is Friday.
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Twenty-six years ago two men, Jay Critchley and Walter McLean, organized the first Swim for Life, which raises money for local health services. Back in 1988 eighteen swimmers took the plunge and raised $6,000.
In the early 1990s prayer ribbons were initiated to provide visual witness to the swimmers as they crossed the harbor from Long Point to the Boatslip where the swim concludes. Each swimmer inscribes the names of those they love and a personal message.
Swim for Life Saturday, September 6
Held the weekend following Labor Day, the event has grown over the years, attracting 150 volunteers and more than 400 swimmers. For more information visit swim4life.org.
Gilt City Warehouse Sale is coming back to Boston the weekend of September 12-13th and I’ve been given the opportunity to offer two complimentary passes on Saturday, September 13th at Space 57 at The Revere Hotel (200 Stuart Street).
Get 2 Free Tickets to GiltCity Boston Warehouse Sale
If you’d like to get two free tickets to Boston’s GiltCity Warehouse Sale on Saturday, September 13th Tweet @BosGuy and @GiltCityBoston. For example:
Hey @BosGuy I want those two FREE tickets to the @GiltCityBoston warehouse sale on 9/13!
Every Tweet you send between 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM today (Thursday, September 4) will enter you in a drawing to get the two free tickets. The more you Tweet – the better chance you have of winning.
Sergio will draw the winning Tweet at the end of the day, and I will announce the winner on Twitter and my blog.
Realized my blog had been frightfully low on mancandy posts and wanted to offer you this visual simulation. Good news about my mancandy posts is that they have zero calories. This particular post is courtesy of San Francisco bloggah, DanNation.
Over the Labor Day Weekend my good friend, Tracey, who also writes the 40-SomethingLife.com blog invited me to her condo in Southie to review the Amisfield Pinot Gris 2012, New Zealand wine.
Apparently this wine that retails for $20 – $25 is from a vineyard that is a favorite of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. While I’m not as well versed with wines as my friend and tutor, I was more than happy to split the bottle.
Sergio obliged by taping the wine review and did a great job at editing the clip. For all you white wine lovers out there, check out our review and let me know what you think.
I’d like to encourage you to treat yourself to a local theater production by one of our many local companies. Boston’s local theater scene is in the middle of a Renaissance – or hadn’t you noticed?
Local theaters like the A.R.T. have raised the bar with a handful of shows that recently had their pre-Broadway run here. Their current production, Finding Neverland, will do the same but sadly tickets for this show which ends on Sunday, Sept. 28th, are nearly impossible to come by. Here are a few other options worth considering that I would strongly recommend you check out.
Boston premiere, Far from Heaven, produced by the SpeakEasy Stage Company, runs from September 12 – October 11 at the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End.
The Lyric Stage Co. of Boston presents the musical thriller, Sweeney Todd. Performances start this weekend on September 5th and run through October 11th at their theater in the Back Bay.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner makes his Huntington debut later this week when the Huntington Theatre opens their 2014-15 season with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner which runs through October 5th.
The Forgetting Curve is presented by one of Boston’s newest theater companies, Bridge Repertory Theatre of Boston; running from September 4-27 at the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion in Boston’s South End.
Zeitgeist Stage Company presents, Bent, a story of gay persecution in Nazi Germany that is sure to send chills down your back. It runs from September 19 through October 11 in the BCA Plaza Theatre in the South End.
These are just a sampling of locally produced shows underway or soon to open. Check them out and support the local arts scene. You’ll be impressed by the caliber of talent, the variety of shows and how much more affordable these tickets are as compared to the national traveling productions playing in the Theater District.
Thanks to the South End Buttery for personalizing my addiction to caffeine. I most definitely need you. Now I need to go grab my afternoon cup of Joe.
BosGuy 